“Seamus’ injury has made me consider whether I have to bring in another right-back because we are short with what we have got,” he said.

Everton face West Brom on Wednesday, before playing Aston Villa on Saturday in successive home games.

Moyes feels the next few days, on and off the pitch, could have a huge bearing for their season.

“If we could get who we want now, but, more importantly, pick up the points from these two home games, that would give us a platform,” he said. “If we could get these points, it would give us a chance going into the last 12 or 14 games in a pretty strong position.

“That’s why we want to do what we’re trying to do. We’ve flowed better this season. We need to keep grinding out the results until we get back into our stride a little bit.

“We’ll try and get ourselves back playing the way we were at the early part of the season and if we do that, we’ll have a great chance.”

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